[lendaddy]

Originally posted by Rodeo
I was accurate, but you are partially right, I stopped a bit short of your full position. Here it is in summary:

1. If employer and employee agree via an impartial arbitrator on whether there was "negligence," then there is no need for a case. Non negligent employers are off the hook, negligent employers pay, assuming the parties agree.
I suppose you could do without the arbitrator all together. That's not really the important point. Simply have the employee state whether they feel their employer is at fault or not at the time of reporting. It accomplishes the same thing. You keep getting hung up on the unimportant details, the idea is to allow for two outcomes, rather than one.
2. If they can't agree whether the employer was "negligent"(probably 99% of the time), the case gets dumped into the traditional fault-based liability system that you love so much (no word on what happens if its a fellow employee that is negligent, but what's a few details between friends?)
I would imagine more like 60-70% of the time (then the empoyer will accept fault another 60-70%% of the time, further reducing actual court battles), but that's also not the point. If you had paid attention I addressed the fellow employee at fault issue earlier. A fellow employee is the responsibility of the employer, hence their actions are those of the employer. And yes, if the employer chooses they can dispute the claims of negligence at their own expense, this is right and proper. Now what percentage of the 60% of the 60% will the employer actual feel is worth his expenses in court?

3. If the employer is found "not negligent" the taxpayers pay for the cost of care and lost wages for the injured employee and his family (with no increase in taxes, I'm sure, what's a few trillion additional deficit between friends?)

No, the employee's insurance pays as it would if they were hurt at home painting the house. They get no wages, just as if they had been injured at home painting the house.

4. The cost of all of this is borne by "ABD"**


No, the individual takes responsibility, unless helpless in which case yes we absorb them into the system......just as if they had injured themselves at home while painting their house. And D *Daddy has no problem paying for his mistakes, why must I pay for yours?

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**Anybody but daddy